Brigham Young by John G. Turner Pioneer Prophet

Can a biographer be too fair? Perhaps. Turner’s judiciousness on the hot-­button subject of polygamy is squishy in the extreme.
-NY Times

Synopsis

Brigham Young was a rough-hewn New York craftsman whose impoverished life was electrified by the Mormon faith. Turner provides a fully realized portrait of this spiritual prophet, viewed by followers as a protector and by opponents as a heretic. His pioneering faith made a deep imprint on tens of thousands of lives in the American Mountain West.